In search of Chinese and Malaysian food in London

Finding authentic Chinese food in Finland is rather difficult. Malaysian food is even more scarse. On two previous visits to London, I enjoyed delicious Malaysian food at C&R Bayswater. Unfortunately the restaurant was closed for renovation when I was in London and as a result of the renovations, the whole concept of the restaurant sadly changed. But no fear – I still managed to find some good restaurants thanks to a dear friend who lived in London at the time of my visit.

The first restaurant we visited turned out to be my favourite. It was a Chinese restaurant called Sichuan Folk near Brick Lane. I noticed later that they even have Hotpot!

As there were only two of us, we could not order a whole tablefull of food. What a pity! But the dishes we did have were so good that my mouth waters when I think of them. Traditional boiled fish slice – it’s white fish in oil, laden with chillies. The other dish was bean curd with tofu skin. Soooo good. The dishes were big and we were very satisfied afterwards.

So apparently living in Australia is quite lucky from that perspective… we have Chinese food, Korean food, Malaysian food, Japanese food… we have everything!⁄(⁄ ⁄ ⁄ω⁄ ⁄ ⁄)⁄ I am trying out those food here too and if you like pls check my blog http://tivamoo.com/2017/05/14/what-do-we-eat-in-yum-cha/

I am still to find an authentic Chinese restaurant in Helsinki – even though there are many Chinese restaurants, they are far from the real thing. We also have many different cuisines but I am missing a proper Malaysian restaurant! Thank you for your visit 🙂

The duck salad does look great! Is it Malaysian? Have you been to China? I’ve never seen raw lettuce served here unless it was at a western restaurant. They boil lettuce and add garlic and a bit of soy sauce (and possibly other things, cooking is very flexible here). One thing my husband taught me is how to make marinated salads from cucumber, baicai etc. It’s also very flexible, but some things we put in are vinegar, soy sauce and/or salt, chili sauce with fermented soy beans, sesame oil, ginger and garlic. We just cook the ginger, garlic and chili paste with a little oil on the stove, then pour that and the other ingredients over a chopped veggie. Also, if you want authentic Chinese food in other countries, try asking the cooks at a westernized Chinese restaurant to cook you whatever they’re having in the back. Sometimes you can get the real deal that way. 🙂 I’m glad you found a few spots you like!

No, the duck salad was from a fusion Chinese restaurant. I haven’t been to China but would love to go. The salads sound awesome, yum, I should try that – thanks for the tips! Nice to have you visit my blog ❤

Actually I didn’t want to eat there. I’m sure the food is delicious seeing so many Asians in there eating. But I didn’t travel a few thousand miles to London from Asia to eat the same food that I can get back here.